Which preposition to use with quavers

in Occurrences 20%

Back, and well out of the picture, a potted hydrangea beside the Louis Quinze armchair, her hands in silk mitts laid out along the gold-chair sides, her head quavering in a kind of mild palsy, Mrs. Miriam Horowitz, smiling and quivering her state of bewilderment.

of Occurrences 7%

I have been practising "God save the King" all my life; whistling and humming of it over to myself in solitary corners; and am not yet arrived, they tell me, within many quavers of it.

with Occurrences 6%

Ah, monsieur, I tell you I know that woman too well!" The girl's voice quavered with indignation.

at Occurrences 3%

"Our surgeon has been sent to Manassas, and Dr. Van Ness is come to take care of you in his place," the matron said, as Jack stared silent and quavering at the new-comer.

to Occurrences 3%

she quavered to the empty room; "simply hideous!"

through Occurrences 2%

Several horrible shrieks quavered through the night air, and then I heard a sound of scampering feet.

from Occurrences 2%

The old owl hoots mournfully, the frogs bellow hoarsely along the reedy shore, while the tree toads are quavering from among the branches of the scrubby trees that grow along the rocky banks; the whippoorwill pipes shrilly in the forest depths; the breeze murmurs among the foliage of the tall old pines, while the everlasting roar of the waters, as they go tumbling down the rocks, is always heard.

between Occurrences 2%

Perhaps in general there is a little hesitancy in craftsmanship, a slight quavering between the fashionable modern realism and an older romanticism.

like Occurrences 1%

And then as "Scotty" gave the word to the impatient Racers, and the team swung round to return to Nome, there came to them out of the grayness a voice, faint and quavering like an echo"Some day you'll be glad you've got Baldy.

down Occurrences 1%

and the crotchets moved up one space and the quavers down one space.

for Occurrences 1%

Her voice quavered for a moment but she steadied it.

above Occurrences 1%

" "What sort of a man was he?" demanded five or six anxious voices, in a breath; among which the tones of Desire, however, maintained their supremacy rising above those of all the others, like the strains of a first-rate artist flourishing a quaver above the more modest thrills of the rest of the troupe.

on Occurrences 1%

So he crossed Milwaukee River on a ferry at the foot of Wisconsin Street, walked out on a sidewalk quavering on stilts until solid ground was reached at Third Street, and then struck the trail for the west.

out Occurrences 1%

She could not keep a little quaver out of her voice, for, as she went on, all the scenes of all the times that she had sung that song before came crowding up in her memory.

Which preposition to use with  quavers